o Manage all OEM accounts, including an 18-month projection to manufacturers for over 1K SKUs. o Lead Executive S&OP meeting, including inventory financial overview. o Collaborate cross-functionally new product launches to ensure costs/margin goals, lead-time, quality and manufacturing production are on-schedule.o Provide comprehensive understanding, analysis and reporting of key metrics such as FOB pricing, inventory value by category segment and manufacturing production capacity/lead-time.o Provide cost reduction/savings recommendations, i.e., packing modifications, pre-labeling at manufacturer, freight consolidation, SKU rationalization.o Deliver ad-hoc analysis on freight, landed costs, inventory turns, projections, and sales to understand performance, margins, trends and support operation decision-making.o Create and manage all supplier files specifications, including finished good and packaging rebranding that are utilized for QA inspections. o Maintain the integrity of master data for all SKUs, suppliers and the creation of Bill of Materials (BOM). o Regularly revise inventory strategies to reduce slow movers and respond to growing demand. o Manage and approve all import and export shipments with freight forwarder. Assign and maintain HTS tariff codes, including assigning freight percentage to ensure landed cost are accurate. o Developed various reporting tools, i.e., monthly financial Inventory Projection Balance Statement, Weekly AP by vendor, freight/cubage volume calculator, material requirements planning (MRP) with 12 months rolling sales history, and a pegged component to assembled kits inventory summary.o Improved inventory turns for Top 130 selling items that led to reduced inventory costs.

o Lead facilitator for New Product Status Summary (NPSS) meetings for three brands to ensured timelines were met and drove post-launch tracking to support marketing programs. Identified issues associated with timing, engineering resource requirements and feasibility. o Researched industry trends and competitive product improvement within category segments.o Reassigned the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association (BPSA) in SAP due to new guidelines from Leisure Trends.o Managed and maintained the SKU level forecast in Demand Solutions, including size/color mix. o Led Regional S&OP meetings by brand and category segments with Sales and Product Management. o Implemented inventory strategies to increase inventory turns and reduce excess/slow movers. o Reduced finish goods inventory from $13 million FY end 2010 to $8 million FY end 2011. o Reduced global SKU rationalization from 20% to 35% for MY’12 by bicycle brand/model. o Increased Fill Rate accuracy in the US market from 79% FY 2012 to 90% in FY 2013. o Lead facilitator for SAP job role mapping for Material Master Procurement functions for Logistics, Purchasing, Production, Project Management, Quality Process and Vendor Rebates.o Managed the implementation of Demand Solution for SKU level forecasting and sales history, including parent and category segmentation.

o Managed production work orders with external manufactures to ensure 98% on-time shipment efficiency and safety stock inventory levels.o Saved $50K by implementing cost-saving initiatives to repackage slow moving inventory for HomeGoods.o Collaborated cross-functionally to coordinate production and on-time delivery of new product launches and holiday gift-set displays.o Resolved pricing variances, AP/AR discrepancies, and identify slow moving inventory.

o Issued weekly demand projections for rolling 18-month period.o Analyzed sales forecast vs. shipments if additional finished goods import lanes were required and adjust safety stock/target days of supply in SAP.o Created the North America Forecast Attainment and Fill-Rate reports until the Global Demand Planning Foundation (GDF) was implemented.o Quarterly review of plant percentage splits vs. sales. o Assisted in the Braun Household exit strategy for US and Canada through June ’08. o Led the implementation of GDF and worked with Demand Planning to correctly set-up finished goods at the material and plant level to ensure the forecast flow through to the SAP APO planning system.o Subject matter expert for Business Warehouse, SourceOne and OSB (order, shipment, billing).

o Created Pack Plan master production schedule (MPS) for 3rd party facility that was integrated into other planning areas.o Rationalized the monthly battery cell demand requirements for North America and addressed possible demand issues.o Reviewed and updated safety stock periods of supply. Maintained master data, including obsolescing inactive materials.o Executed new product launches per the plan.o Headed the mapping of 'NA Duracell Supply Network' charts for the implementation/design of APO. o Coordinated the resolution of system interface issues with JDE and SAP during and after implementation. o Developed the scrap/donation authorization approval process through STEAM, including raw material potential obsolescence.

o Conducted performance functionality testing, monitoring and maintenance for the Documentum repository system to ensure data integrity, harmonization and end-user account review.o Answered and resolved issues in the Service, IDEA Train mailbox. Maintained the North America CAS web pageso Designed and launched the CAS end-user satisfaction survey that concluded with analyzing and preparing a presentation with the survey results.

Responsible for analyzing sales and inventory volume for multiple businesses, including identifying customer related issues for the commercial and supply chain functions. Implemented improvement activities to support the marketing plan goals and objectives for target markets. Led Monthly S&OP meetings. Designed and reported trends of Key Performance Indicators by region and application family. Focal point to answer product specific and service levels questions for field sellers and customer service. Managed pricing activities, including price increase implementation.

Focal point for supply chain related incidents ensuring that issues were addressed and resolved. Provided service level monitoring, reporting and communication responses to customer service. Reported various project metrics on a weekly basis in the final SAP R3 implementation phase. Maintained an implementation plan for the centralization of the Distribution Controller function to one location.

Responsible for office management activities, including analyzing budget, sales, and pricing reports, administration office equipment contracts, workload issues, timesheets, and maintaining vacation schedules. Planned and coordinated annual customer outings and the Board of Director meetings. Developed headcount reporting tool to track employee activity for a $1 billion division. Saved over $200K by reorganizing staff assignments when there were transfers and voluntary quits.